No pal o’ mine

I protest: The Chicago Tribune posted this YouTube video of Bill Ayers explaining why he was participating in a protest of Obama’s decision to send more troops into Afghanistan Wednesday night.

The Tribune’s Clarence Page wonders what the conservatives will talk about now that they can’t link Obama to Ayers.

Threat level

Not higher: Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testified in front of Congress today about the White House crashing incident and said the Secret Service takes full responsibility for allowing uninvited guests into the State Dinner. Three agents have since been suspended.

But here’s some info that came out of the questioning. Sullivan said that despite reports to the contrary the number of threats against the president isn’t any higher than it was for W. Bush and Clinton.

Stevie Wonder heats up the U.N.

Get award, now evacuate: Stevie Wonder was at the U.N. today to recive the high honor of being named International Messenger of Peace and advocate of people with disabilities today. But while he was giving his speech, an alarm went off in the building. Then they had to evacuate the room.

There turned out to not be a fire. Wonder was good-humored about it.

Weird

‘To be’ ain’t the question: [via BuzzFeed] Look. It’s Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Performed in Klingon. By a man dressed as a Klingon.

Why not, nerds.

On the Interweb

N-N-Neutra Face: And speaking of nerds: If you’re totally into typefaces, you’ll love this parody of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” that is all about the typeface “Neutra Face.” It was posted on YouTube on Monday and now has over 90,000 views. Pretty good.